[casual_games] languages... (that's an 's' at the end!)

[Lennard Feddersen]

I agree that there is no right or wrong here and that it can be a great 
time saver to talk to other programmers rather than learn everything 
yourself. I am definitely in the "lots of self-built libraries camp" but 
for reasons of personal education:

Client/server stuff is one of the places I will be heading. How would 
.NET make that easier? BTW, I have been to the TrayGames site and it 
seems like an all-inclusive dev. platform. Will there be other options 
for people like me looking for ready access to gamers and non-exclusive 
solutions? Specifically I am looking for more market exposure for my 
games (such as the GameSpy SDK provides but for a $45K price tag - no 
thanks I'll code my own), an easy to use piece of lobby software and 
possibly an easy to plug-in, solid and source code provided alternative 
to rolling my own winSock client/server solution.

On another note, for me, doing Flash versions of new titles seems like a 
necc. evil to build greater product awareness. Am I missing something? I 
don't see how Flash games directly earn $ except for the larger portals 
who will happily carry them and earn ad $.

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7



Joe Pantuso wrote:

> As has been said, from an end-user point of view the nature of .NET is 
> completely beside the point. It is no different a ‘barrier’ than 
> Flash, and I imagine the exact same sorts of discussions went on when 
> it was only a couple years old. The reasons to pick it up are similar, 
> compelling improvements to development capabilities and results.
>
> “that product must confer spectacular benefits to get me to use it”
>
> It clearly does. Half as much code in some cases.
>
> The biggest reason not to use it for me would be if I had some 
> self-built libraries that I was already using for game development. If 
> I had a bunch of great stuff that I was deeply familiar with or had 
> written myself that I had already used previously to create games, I’d 
> be nuts to dump it as part of the price to move to a new 
> language/environment at this stage.
>
> But, if you are starting from a mostly clean slate, and/or looking for 
> new tech, new engines, there are a lot of cool things built on top of 
> .NET that you can leverage already. 3D, game graphics, multi-player 
> hosting, simplified distribution, automatic updating, etc. etc. It is 
> a modern platform and you get with it all the costs and benefits that 
> come with it.
>
> Viewing .NET as an enterprise thing is missing the point. And there is 
> a lot of game development going on with .NET.
>
> No right or wrong here in this thread, just lots of great opinions and 
> options.
>
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